Berta Ruck: A war-time best-seller
Contributed by Andrew Maunder In its notice of her death in 1978 The Times explained of Berta Ruck (1878-1978) that she had been “a novelist of popular stamp, who wrote very largely for and about you...
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Reports from Meeting in No Man’s Land, Rosenheim – April 12th
‘German and British descendants share heritage from the Great War’ is a collaborative project to record and share family memories of the First World War. Led by London’s reminiscence organisation Age...
Reports from Meeting in No Man’s Land, Rosenheim – April 8th
‘German and British descendants share heritage from the Great War’ is a collaborative project to record and share family memories of the First World War. Led by London’s reminiscence organisation Age...
Meeting in No Man’s Land – Interviews with British elders, Black...
‘German and British descendants share heritage from the Great War’ is a collaborative project to record and share family memories of the First World War. Led by London’s reminiscence organisation Age...
Meeting in No Man’s Land – Planning Meeting, Rosenheim, January ...
‘German and British descendants share heritage from the Great War’ is a collaborative project to record and share family memories of the First World War. Led by London’s reminiscence organisati...
Research in Brief – Sue Laidler’s First World War Collection
Contributed by Rachel Duffett, University of Essex Images courtesy of Sue Laidler When a mutual acquaintance suggested that I make contact with Sue Laidler ‘because she’s really interested in the Fir...
Research in Brief – Cartoons, Trench Publications & Popular...
The University of Lincoln is one of the universities collaborating with the Everyday Lives in War centre, which is based at the University of Hertfordshire. Researchers at the University have a part...
Research in Brief – Reflections on Collection Day
Children of the Great War collection day Contributed by Michael Roper Our collection day was more successful than we could have hoped, with sixteen volunteers coming forward. Initial numbers had look...
Research in Brief – Children of the Great War: Update from Week ...
Contributed by Michael Roper (Centre Member and Professor of History at University of Essex) We’ve been doing a last ditch effort to publicise the collection day, contacting local history groups, lib...
Research in Brief – Children of the Great War film installation
In a previous post, Michael Roper wrote about the screening of the Children of the Great War installation film. You can now view that film in full below. As Michael explained, The film was shown on a...